Most of the thefts occur on tuesday and wednesdays. Egg harbour Township Police are leading the investigation. They believe the hat wearing thief is in his late 20s or early 30s. He drives a late model pontiac gran prix possibly with a bogus license plate. By helping us identify this guy. Reporter investigators also think this man is likely responsible more thefts they dont yet know about. I hope he gets caught and this doesnt happen to other individuals. You already know what that music means, it means eagles football on nbc10. Youre right behind the scenes, jim and erin. There is a chill in the air here, the last few hours, the temperatures have really dropped, the wind has also kicked up, it could affect eli wentz and carson manning, it could affect the kickers too, which means that both teams will have to rely on the ground game, that will benefit the eagles, the link crowd will. Theres a ground rush here. The colors, the eagles wearing off black and giants wearing all white. Ive got to throw to my colleague tim furlong, with fans fired up of course for a thursday night matchup. Big rivalry, tim. Reporter its a good night, and its a great night for football, its cold, its windy, and this is the way it should be for a thursday night Football Game in december. That doesnt stop the fans from coming out and having a good time here. The giants actually need this, so a lot of their fans have infiltrated, they have made their trip down here, wering a lot of blue jerseys. Another part, hopefully were looking forward to a bright eagles future. Thats it. The giants got to go down. No, they cant go. Reporter we cant go to the playoffs, we dont want them to go . No, nobody. It would be nice to beat the giants because theyre probably going to go on and win the super bowl. Reporter i think the cowboys would tell you their team is going to the super bowl, which doesnt make me happy either. I got to tell you if we can knock the giants out, that would be all right by me. It would be great to knock the giants out right before the holiday. Reporter it would be a great Christmas Present for sure. 7 00, thats when you need to tune in for our exclusipregame the game kicks off at 8 25, then the game day final, your official eagles station, the doors open pretty soon, guys, the teams about to take the field. The eagles are officialably in e building, the giants are here. So youre going to see a lot of activity going on behind me, kickoff at 8 25, but your preshow, you wont want to miss it. The giants are going down tonight. The calm before the storm. Im calling it. Whether youre at the eagles game or headed out for some lastminute shopping, lets get tonights forecast. As keith just mentioned, its getting chillier right now, thats all due to sustained 15, but gusty up to 25 miles an hour. Your neighborhood forecast for the philly metro area, west mt. Airy, 43 degrees, chesnutt seeing low to mid 40s. Chestnut hill 45, taurus hill also seeing 45. Port richmond, 45 degrees for you. Those feels like temperatures, not impressive right now, but keep in, the northwesterly winds will increase as the night progresses, so these will feel a lot chillier in the next couple of hours, even though the temperature also feel in the 30s and 40s, its certainly going to feel a lot chillier by later tonight. If you look at the bottom of your skreeccreen, you will see holiday forecast. I am tracking here some showers moving in overnight friday into saturday, but does that mean your Holiday Weekend will be a washout . I have details coming up in the 10day on 10. Back to you. A crash still causing traffic problems in south jersey, sky force 10 over the scene where an suv got stuck underneath a semitruck on the i76 ramp to 295 in gloucester city. The driver of the suv was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. Not clear yet what led to that crash. Mpbls a tragic end for a teenager who went missing in july. Grace packers mother reported her missing to abington township. It took weeks to officially identify here. Graces mother sarah has been named as a person of interest in her daughters death. Shes already in jail for endangering the welfare of her child. Now investigators are asking for help in solving kbring graces. Police are investigating a murder in camden. Someone called police around 11 30 last night. A 34yearold woman was found shot in a home there. She was rushed to Cooper University hospital where she died a short time later. Police have made no arrests. Overseas German Police made several arrests. Prosecutors are looking for a 24yearold man. They say his fingerprints were found on the drivers door and on the side of the truck used in the deadly crash. And today the site of that attack reopened but with extra security. Large concrete blocks now stand to the ambulances to the Christmas Market. Other precautions were taken at other Christmas Markets. Today we learned two u. S. Citizens are among the injured. Penn dot delivered an early Christmas Gift for drivers driving in philadelphia. Workers wrapped up the expansion project in taconi. Traffic has crawled for three years as workers widened the highway from three to four lanes in each direction. The state of pennsylvania wants to help you your worries, if you are ever stuck in a traffic backup. The mayor unveiled a new app called 511 connect. Remember this traffic tieup last january. If youre stuck in a backup that will last at least two hours, the state will send you updates about it is fixing the issue. Vrmts today was the last day of work for chester upland superintendent. The district says it hopes to appoint an acting superintendent in january. The public is invited to take part in the process. Tied hootie joined the temple band and spirit squad to cheer on the temple owls as they boarded the bus for their bowl game in annapolis, maryland next week. For me, to be here and be at the helm is really a thrill personally this place is a great thrill and i cant wait to lead the team out. Kickoff set for 3 30. An explosives situation. What led to this fiery incident on a public bus. Plus trump turbulence, how a disturbance got ivanka and two men thrown off a flight. Why experts say now is the time to get behind the wheel of a new car. Did you know slow internet can actually hold your business back . Say goodbye to slow downloads, slow backups, slow everything. Comcast business offers blazing fast and reliable internet thats 10 times faster than slow internet from the phone company. Say hello to internet speeds up to 150 mbps. And add phone and tv for only 34. 90 more a month. Call today. Comcast business. Built for business. Yikes. That man is screaming because his e cigarette exploded in his pocket. He was talking to a man on a city bus in fresno, california, when suddenly flames started shooting from his pants pocket. The camera on the bus captured it all. He is recovering from the burn. Since 2009 theres been 100 cases of exploding e cigarettes in the u. S. The lithium ion battery that powers them explodes. Victims suffer second and thirddegree burns. E cigarettes are ticking time bombs. When we see vehicles that cause trouble, we have recalls, why not e cigarettes . When charged and used under proper conditions, vapor products cause no more of a fire risk than other lithium ion batteries like cell phone products. Due pochpont is act a fa calls chambers works is polluted because of a toxic chemical used to manufacture teflon. We have always taken very seriously our commitments to the health, safety and wellbeing of our employees and the communities in which we operate, end quote. Philadelphia is getting 125,000 in grant money to address the led problem across the city. Earlier this week, its going after landlords to tackle the problem of lead paint, land lor lorlord s will have to certify their building as lead free before children can live on their properties. The nbc10 investigators spent months investigating lead problems in philadelphia and across our region. To learn more about this dangerous chemical could be affecting your family, look for our Investigation Called living with lead you can find it right now on our website, nbc10. Com. President elect trump is suggesting the United States needs to boost its Nuclear Capability. Trump tweeted the United States must greatly strengthen and expand its Nuclear Capability until time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. Today the president elect met with several procurement officers to discuss his defense budget. Shine spicer has criticized the way the media covers republican candidates and mr. Trump. Now trumps former Campaign Manager also headed to the white house. Kellyanne conway will serve as counselor to the president. In her new position, conway will continue her role as advisor and will also work with Senior Leadership in the trump administration. The 49yearold mother of four is from south jersey and recently served as grand marshall of hamiltons christmas parade. Flight trouble for ivanka trump. A passenger was removed from a jetblue flight today after an incident involving the plee president elects daughter. Ivanka and her husband were on a jetblue flight. Before the plane took off, an agitated passenger accosted them. Jetblue says that removing a person from a flight is not taken lightly and he was accommodated with another flight. South jersey holiday tradition is back. The gboy s Christmas Market a hot spot for years. Kids get in free and everyone else is just 4. Temperatures above average for this time of the year. A live look outside. Its quiet, a couple of clouds, otherwise a really mild night, the only thing is were seeing a kickup in those northwesterly winds. Make sure you bundle up, layer up. A few clouds, everything breaking up soon enough. A Wider Perspective. All that headed our way overnight friday into saturday. But right now, everything remains high and dry. Now hour by hour forecast, i do want to show you this system that will get here again overnight friday into saturday, starting at 5 00 p. M. Notice everything remains dry, some clouds start to develop later on friday, and then overnight friday into saturday. About 3 00, 4 00, 5 00 a. M. Well see a couple of flurries moving into lehigh valley. Notice everything clears by about 3 00, the good news is everything will improve certainly by sun down, just in time for hanukkah. So lets go ahead and jump into christmas eve. 6 00 p. M. , were seeing mainly 40s, upper 30s for the lehigh valley, 10 00 p. M. , upper 30s, so certainly going to be a very nice christmas eve. Were seeing a shift in the winds, now northwesterly winds, so for jersey, its going to feel a little bit chillier than his actual temperatures. Robbinsville at 43, and princeton currently at 40 degrees. Be sure you look at the bottom of your screen for your local neighborhood forecast. Jersey shore also seeing really nice temperatures, wood vine at 51, mays landing 50. Keep in mind, those winds will kick up quite a bit. Here were seeing northwesterlies, wilmington 15 miles an hour. Andover 22 miles an hour wind speeds coming out of the northwest. So much colder than those actual temperatures. So of course we got to get to those feels like temperatures. Starting at 6 30 p. M. , were seeing mainly low 40s, upper 30s, thats what its going to feel like. By night, upper 20s for doylestown. And allentown, it will feel like a chilly 27 degrees. Otherwise your christmas forecast looking pretty good, all around were seeing upper 40s to low 50s, a stunning christmas in the works, your 10day on 10. Were tracking some showers to get here. Notice some extra clouds developing, but i do think it will be mainly dry, keeping the temperatures in the upper 50s, of course its all about new year eve, its all dry, but it will be dry. A truck with an oversized load has gotten stuck in montgomery county. Some special equipment were told is on the way to help clear that truck, were going to continue to monitor this shot and the traffic situation on the northeast extension and keep you updated throughout this newscast. If youre looking to buy a new car, now just might be the time, purchasing a car at the end of the year, gives buyers more bargaining power. If you really want to save big, experts recommend taking advantage of this years crop of vehicles recently returned from a lease, 33 more cars are being returned after a lease this year compared to 2015. Its a good idea to save money if you dont mind driving a car that has some mileage on it. Youre not taking as big a risk as you were 10 or 15 years ago when quality and durability isnt as much as it is now. Youre going to get a better deal than if you had bought a new one. You can get more details on this story on nbc nightly news at 6 00. New jersey says cases of Home Health Care abuse is all too common. So now the state is helping catch these abusers on camera. Midnight shopping is back in haddonfield for those who enjoy the lastminute hustle and bustle of lastminute shopping. Or for those who need to grab lastminute gifts. They will be open until midnight tonight. Time is running out to led to local delis and bakeries ahead of this Holiday Weekend. We sent our cameras to the bakery in south philly. Pastry chefs busy making sweet treats. Theyre expecting huge crowds on christmas eve, some people line up as early as midnight. The staff here has been working around the clock. We have been preparing for nine months, this is just the climax of the whole thing. We have been making canolis and trying to prep and you can only prep so much. We dropped into jimes deli, theyre gearing up for both christmas and hanukkah, which fall on the very same weekend this year. We have been asking you to send us your holiday photos and videos. This was sent to us by kristen rabitz. Her aunt won a holiday contest when she decorated her desk to look like a holiday kimbells story. We want to see your holiday photos and videos. Share your photos on facebook, twitter and instagram, you can also sends them right through the nbc10 app and showing some of them right here on nbc10. Eagles need to get creative and find a win. Looking for a redemption on thursday night football. Keith jones live at the link. Reporter its not just the team looking for redemption, lane johnson returns to the roster tonight. We have an exclusive interview with him next. Plus more fallout for the princeton swim team. The new punishment they face after the school uncovered vulgar and offensive messages. Right now at 5 00, a tragic ending. Police say this 14yearold girl has been found murdered months after she disappeared. Grace packer was last seen in abbington over the summer. Today 4ris police say she was found more than 100 miles away. Police say they still need help to find the teens killer. Deanna durante has been following this story all day. She has the latest on this investigation. Deanna . Reporter Police Believe that grace packer was last seen on july 4th by relatives. They say her adoptive mother went to abbington police to report her missing and they say that that mother misled investigators. Now she is a person of interest in her daughters death. It was on july 11th when police say packers adoptive mother sarah reported her missing to police. But investigators say packer had moved her family to this rich land county home just half grace vanished. Police say she was not forthcoming and would not give Police Pictures of grace so they could start the search for her daughter. Four months after grace was reported missing by her mother, two hunters found her dismembered remains in the wooded area of fair creek township. She was unidentified at that time. Reporter it took weeks to identify the remains as grace. Police say they now need help. With graces mother in jail on endangerment charges, they need help. Prosecutors from all three counties want you to take a good look at grace and sarah and call police if you ever saw the two together. Or if you ever saw them moving about their abbington township home. She hasnt made bail yet, but if somebody sees her getting on a bus or a plane, we would love to know about it. Reporter and again, investigators say time is of the essence here, they also say in that rich land township home, living there with packer was a friend, a male friend, also another woman and packers 9yearold son. Were told no one is living in home now. But again, if you know anything about this case, you are asked to call bucks county detectives. Reporting live in doylestown, deanna durante, nbc10 news. In just a few hours, family members will be attending a candle light vigil for tara oshea. Tonights vigil will take place in front of the house in cedarville. Police continue to search for osheas estranged husband, jeremiah monell. They have found his abandoned pickup truck was police have not been able to track him down. 24 women graduated from Camden County police academy. The graduate also serve in 27 Police Departments across the garden state. It is a thursday night showdown in lincoln field tonight. Reporter this is a game you have to have written down on the schedule from week one, it is a blackout here, both teams will be wearing color rush uniforms, as per what has been happening on thursday night football, the eagles all in black, the giants all in white. Fans are looking forward to not only the team, but theyre also looking forward to the return of one player, lane johnson, suspended way back in week five for violating the nfls drug policy. He was back on the practice field with his team. With right tackle, the eagles rolled out to a 41 start, without him, they lost 10 games. Lane johnson sat down with us for an exclusive interview ahead of tonights game. Words wont do it justice, Everybody Knows i let this team down, this organization down. So the only way i can go on from here is through my play and through my actions, not through talking. Ill try to do a little bit less of that and play as hard as i can. Reporter the eagles are hoping his ted issues are behind him. They have him signed through the 2021 season, hes guaranteed about 35. 5 million. You can hear much more from lane johnsons exclusive interview with us here on nbc10 tonight. Well be live at the link starting at 7 00, with csns john clark, and the birdsgiants kickoff, 8 25. Theyre starting to sing the National Anthem behind me. A lot of anticipation of letting those fans in, within the hour. Theyre all outside tailgating, theyre try brave the cold temperatures. I tell you, in two hours, the temperatures went from about 50 to the 30s now with a swift breeze. Lets go to erika martin with the game day forecast. I love that you mentioned those feels like temperatures. Thats the most important factor here, current winds out of the northwest, and were seeing stronger sustained wind speeds, 14 miles an hour. We have already had gusts up to 25 miles an hour. So theyre only getting stronger as the night progresses. The giants and eagles. The temperatures will not be the issue. Of course its the northwesterly wind gusting up to 20, 25 miles an hour already reported 6 00 p. M. Were seeing low 40s, by 7 00, keeping it in the low 40s, and notice how clouds start to decrease by about 8 00 p. M. We are seeing temperatures in the upper 30s to about 40 degrees. Certainly those much cooler feels like temperatures at 10 00 p. M. , were seeing mostly clear skies, 36, by the end of the game, low to mid 30s, as keith mentioned, the feels like temperatures, at 8 00 p. M. Were feeling like the upper 20s to low 30s. And back to you keith, make sure you stay warm out there. The energy in here will warm all of us up as we watch the birds, covering thursday night football is no easy task. Today fans got a taste of what goes into broadcasting a game. Our sunday night football bus was outside the Comcast Center on jfk boulevard. They could grab the mike and take pictures as special correspondents. Of course they were inside the bus and not out here in the cold. Some of the players are going to take the field behind me to warm up in anticipation of the 8 25 game, im going to be here on the field at 7 00 for eagles game day kickoff. For now i want to send it back inside that warm studio. Man, the temperatures are really dropping out here, guys. You need a scarf on, you need to show your eagles pride. Reporter got to show the love. Mrs. Jones wants you to put on a hat, keith. She called. Reporter im sure she did. Who needs thats sleigh, when you got a septa bus. Plus crossing the line, this walmart truck went way off course, and a state trooper caught it on camera. Find out what that trooper found inside that landed that driver in jail. It was an early christmas for some septa employees children. They stuffed the busses with presents and delivered them to organizations throughout the philadelphia region. This is theth ye 35th year that septa today the folks at providence animal pantry handed out food, toys and treats to pet owners. The group supplies 5,000 meals to animals in this pantry, they also offer free vaccines. Tonight disney on ice is back at the Wells Fargo Center with a brandnew show called follow your heart. It follows some of those popular disney movies. The show begins tomorrow and runs into the new year. When youre watching the today show over the next couple of weeks, it might feel like youre going back in time. The familiar faces that will join matt lauer on the anchor desk. Thats next at 5 00. Im tracking some clouds moving for the Holiday Weekend, but will that mean a christmas washout . Well have the 10day on 10. The season is cancelled for princetons male swim team. The team will not compete in any of its scheduled meet force the rest of the season. We told you last week the team was suspended after officials found misogynistic comments about the womens swimming and diving team. The state of new jersey will loan tiny surveillance cameras to families who believe their loved one may have been abused by a caretaker. Today the attorney general announced the safe care cam, that will provide free coameras to those who feel their loved one has been abused in a health care center. You can contact the office of Consumer Affairs in jersey hill. Tonight experts are looking at whether more modern bumpers at the end of the station could have reduced the dam. Most of the bumpers used now have shock absorbers. The shock killed one person and 100 others. Watch the driver of this walmart truck run off the road. This is dash cam video of a state trooper as he pulled over that driver. Now watch what happens when the driver gets out of the truck. He literally falls out of the cab right at the officers feet. The officer had to help the man get back on his feet. The driver was so intoxicated, he had to hold on to the truck and the officer as they both walked back to the officers car. The officer showed the camera what he found in the cab of the truck, this is ascary, two larg bottles of vodka, driving while intoxicated, his blood alcohol level,. 28. Santa and his elves arent the only ones busy. The Postal Service says this is the busiest day of the year. Early this morning, 30 million packages expected to be delivered across the country and thats just the Postal Service. We really move a lot of mail and Everybody Knows what to do and they come in and its like a finetuned machine. If you still have some gifts or cards to send out, you still have time, but not much, tomorrow is the deadline to ship priority express. Christmas has come early for someone in Lehigh County and they may not even know it. A power ball ticket worth 250,000 was purchased at the quick stop minimart on walbert avenue. The person has up to a year to claim their prize. Were still waiting for the winner of a 121 million ticket to come forward. That ticket was bought at the selbiville store. The holiday countdown coming to an end. Lets get the latest on your christmas weekend forecast. Jim and erin, we do have a warmup in the works. Conditions above average this time of careyear. Were seeing mid 40s in and around. However the story s we have been talking about those northwesterly winds picking up for this evening and through tonight, its going to feel cooler than those actual temperatures. However your forecast for lehigh valley, fleetwood at 38 and it looks like nazareth and easton are both at 40 degrees. But keep in mind, those northwesterlies will keep those temperatures feeling colder than that. The pa suburbs, were seeing upper 30s to low 40s. North wales at 41, also seeing 41 in elroy, new hope at 42 and newtown currently at 42 degrees. Heres your satellite and radar image. Conditions right now are dry, right now we are seeing a break in those clouds, mostly clear skies, for tonight, however, a Wider Perspective shows a system developing across the prairies, the rockies developing a system thats working its way across the country and it will be here by saturday. So starting at 8 00 p. M. On friday, early saturday morning, we will see a light wintry mix at best. Possibly for lehigh valley, but mostly the warm front slides from the southeast to the northeast. Were seeing widespread rains, pockets of heavier downpours. So as far as your forecast and rainfall totals, on saturday, everything clears just in time for saturday, and conditions start to improve on sunday. Notice we could see just a half an inch of rainfall in doylestown, burlington as well. Vorhees seeing a half an inch rain. Christmas eve looks like this, everything improves by 6 00 p. M. Notice we are seeing mostly to partly cloudy skies, upper 30s to mid 40s for some. What to expect for christmas, it looks pretty nice all around, i dont think santa will have a problem, were seeing lots of sunshine and temperatures will be comfortable. And at 3 00 p. M. , seeing upper 40s to low 50s. Your 10day on 10, were keeping it warm, 50s on monday and tuesday, and what to expect for the end of 2016 to kick off 2017 . Its going to be dry, but its going to be much colder. Temperatures in the 40s and then in the 30s. Back to you, jim. Salvation army in pennsylvania and delaware is coming up short in their annual holiday fundraising cam papaig. Theres now an you aurgent plea people to give generously. Proceeds from the campaign provide yearround services to residents in need of food, shelter and disaster relief. Nbcs today show will celebrate two big milestones next month. It will celebrate its 65th anniversary and january also marks matts 25th anniversary. Meredith vieira will be back the following week. You can watch the today show every day on nbc10 news. 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Thats 150 meg internet, tv and phone for 79. 99 per month. Only from fios. Thats the sound that you will hear on president elect trumps inauguration. We have also learned the rockettes will perform at mr. Trumps inauguration ceremony as well. Were now second do29 days inauguration day. Events will start the day before with a wreath laying at Arlington National cemetery, that will be followed by a make America Great again welcome concert, then the swearing in and the parade that will be short this year. The whole reason for the parade is to get to work. And thats what the president elect wants to do is get to work and work hard. You dont need a ticket to be in general viewing areas along the inaugural parade route. Its not just the transition of power happening in washington right now. Theres also a souvenir transition helping. Hats, mugs of president obama are taking up space. Theyre getting new shipments every day as trump ms. Flies off the shelves but there is still some demands for president obama souvenirs. I still have one section of obama stuff, you still violence a lot of customers call in and still would like to ship obama stuff to them. They say they will continue selling president obama memorabilia until it is all gone. There is a thursday night showdown in south philly. Nbc10 is the only place to see it. Were counting down to kickoff. The eagles ready to take on their rivals, the giants. The rivalry is nothing new, but what theyre wearing is new. And we have the latest on tailgating out there, nbc10s tim furlong is out in the parking lot now, if only the weather would cooperate for gametime. Having a coat would help. Theres windy conditions out there tonight. Each also tracking some rain for the weekend. Well look at when it will start and how its going to impact your Holiday Plans on nbc10 news at 6 00. Rolling in, fans flock to the link for the rivalry. And christmas comes early after four years of waiting, a welcome sight for drivers in our area. Nbc10 news at 6 00 starts now. A live look right here inside lincoln financial field, the stage set for a thursday night showdown that can be seen only on nbc10. With the eagles super bowl dreams shot, theyre set to play the role of spoilers. And the birds faithful there in a frenzy. The giants have made the twohour trip from east rutherford, new jersey to philadelphia. And the eagles could 00 the playoff plans of their rival. The birds set to battle the giants at the link, set for 8 25 tonight. The stadium already jumping with thursday night football in town. Keith jones live on the field, tim furlong is with the fans outside the link. Lets begin with keith, the excitement starting to build there, keith . Reporter you can feel the energy and the fans havent even entered the gate just yet. The field are just entering the field, theyre doing laps around the field. We knew sproles was questionable comes into this game. One thing you w